List of Zimbabwe Test cricket records

This is a list of Zimbabwean Cricket team's Test Cricket records. It is based on the List of Test cricket records, but concentrates solely on records dealing with the Zimbabwean cricket team.

Listing criteria

In general the top five are listed in each category (except when there is a tie for the last place among the five, when all the tied record holders are noted).

Listing notation

Team Notation

• (300-3) indicates that a team scored 300 runs for three wickets and the innings was closed, either due to a successful run chase or if no playing time remained.
• (300-3 d) indicates that a team scored 300 runs for three wickets, and declared its innings closed.
• (300) indicates that a team scored 300 runs and was all out, either by losing all ten wickets or by having one or more batsmen unable to bat and losing the remaining wickets.

Batting Notation

• (100) indicates that a batsman scored 100 runs and was out.
• (100*) indicates that a batsman scored 100 runs and was not out.

Bowling Notation

• (5-100) indicates that a bowler has captured 5 wickets while giving away 100 runs.

Currently playing

• Record holders who are currently playing Test cricket (i.e. their record details listed could change) are shown in bold

Team records

Matches played (total)

Team	1st Test	Matches	Won	Lost	Drawn	Tied	% Won
Zimbabwe	October 1992	97	11	60	26	0	11.34
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 21 September 2015.

Matches played (by country)

Team	Opponent	1st Test	Matches	Won	Lost	Drawn	Tied	% Won	W/L ratio
Zimbabwe	Australia	1999	3	0	3	0	0	0.00	0.0
	Bangladesh	2001	14	6	5	3	0	42.85	1.2
	England	1996	6	0	3	3	0	0.00	0.0
	India	1992	11	2	7	2	0	18.18	0.0
	New Zealand	1992	15	0	9	6	0	0.00	0.0
	Pakistan	1993	17	3	10	4	0	16.64	0.3
	South Africa	1995	8	0	7	1	0	0.00	0.0
	Sri Lanka	1994	15	0	10	5	0	0.00	0.0
	West Indies	2000	8	0	6	2	0	0.00	0.0
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 21 September 2015.

Batting records

Highest individual score

Rank	Runs	Player	Opposition	Venue	Season
1	266	David Houghton	Sri Lanka	Bulawayo	1994-95
2	232	Andy Flower	India	Nagpur	2000-01
3	203	Guy Whittall	New Zealand	Bulawayo	1997-98
4	201	Grant Flower	Pakistan	Harare	1994-95
5	199	Andy Flower	South Africa	Harare	2001-02
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 21 September 2015.

Most career runs

Rank	Runs	Player	Matches	Innings	NO	Average
1	4794	Andy Flower	63	112	19	51.54
2	3457	Grant Flower	67	123	6	29.54
3	2858	Alistair Campbell	60	109	4	27.21
4	2207	Guy Whittall	46	82	7	29.42
5	1990	Heath Streak	65	107	18	22.35
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 21 September 2015.

Bowling records

Best Bowling In An Innings

Rank	Figures	Player	Opposition	Venue	Season
1	8/109	Paul Strang	New Zealand	Bulawayo	2000-01
2	6/59	Douglas Hondo	Bangladesh	Dhaka	2004-05
3	6/73	Ray Price	West Indies	Harare	2003-04
	6/73	Heath Streak	India	Harare	2005-06
5	6/87	Heath Streak	England	Lord's	2000
Source: Cricinfo. Last updated: 21 September 2015.